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George Zinunerman's first court appearance before a Florida judge came on Tuesday inconnection with the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The case has caused a national debate in the United States about race, self-defense laws and gun control. It was the first time the public had gotten to see and hear from George Zimmerman. The judge said he had found probable cause to move ahead with the case and told Zimmerman he would be formally charged　on May 29th.
Zimmerman turned himself into authorities on Wednesday night，just before special prosecutor（公诉人）Angela Corey announced the charge against him. Corey told reporters she would fight for　Trayvon Martin”
"It's the victims and justice that we work tirelessly for,”Corey said
Zimmerman says he shot Martin in self-defense after spotting the teenager in a gated com-munity where Martin's father lives. He told police Martin attacked him during a conflict. The
shooting caused a national cry led by Martin's parents who insisted their son was murdered
They also accused Zimmerman of targeting their son because he was black.
"We just wanted an arrest and we got it.”Trayvon Martin's mother Fulton said.
Many in SanforD.Florida-the city where the shooting took place-welcomed the charge.
"All of us were wanting this to move on and get to this process where it is now into the justice system.”one man said
"It～long overdue（迟到的）and I am glad they decided to do something,”another said.Police did not initially charge Zimmerman with a crime because of a Florida law that says a person has a right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force. Prosecutor Coreysays，"I'm prepared to argue the issue if Zimmerman uses the self-defense law in count.”
Mark O'MarA. Zimmerman's lawyer, would not make his plan publiC. but he said hisclient（委托人）was worried about the trial. "If found guilty of the second-degree murdercharge, Zimmerman could face up to life in prison,”O'Mara said

  1. 1.

    Why did the case draw so much attention around the US?

    1. A.
      Because George Zimmerman was very cruel when he killed Trayvon Martin
    2. B.
      Because Trayvon Martin's father was a famous lawyer
    3. C.
      Because the case was related with race, self-defense laws and gun control
    4. D.
      Because George Zimmerman would be sentenced to life in prison
  2. 2.

    What's Angela Corey's attitude towards this case?

    1. A.
      She showed sympathy for the black people
    2. B.
      She wanted to defend justice for the victims
    3. C.
      She hated George Zimmerman very much
    4. D.
      She was against self-defense
  3. 3.

    Which of the relationships is NOT true?

    1. A.
      Zimmerman shot Martin during a conflict
    2. B.
      Mark O'Mara was Zimmerman's lawyer
    3. C.
      Sybrina Fulton was Martin's mother
    4. D.
      Angela Corey was the judge of the case
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, Zimmerman______.

    1. A.
      turned himself into authorities before he。，charged
    2. B.
      was put into prison
    3. C.
      shot Martin in self-defense when spotting him
    4. D.
      targeted Trayvon Martin because he was black
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试题分析：文章报道了George Zinunerman枪杀非裔少年Trayvon Martin出庭受审的新闻，还报导了社会对此案件的关注，各方对这件事情的看法。
1.细节题：从第一段的句子：The case has caused a national debate in the United States about race, self-defense laws and gun control. 可知这个案子收到全美的关注，因为它涉及到种族，枪支和自卫法，选C
2.细节题：从第三段的句子：Corey told reporters she would fight for　Trayvon Martin”  "It's the victims and justice that we work tirelessly for,”Corey said 可知Angela Corey要为受害者的正义辩护。选B
3.细节题：从第三段的句子：just before special prosecutor（公诉人）Angela Corey announced the charge against him可知 Angela Corey 是公诉人不是法官。选D
4.细节题：从第三段的句子：Zimmerman turned himself into authorities on Wednesday night，just before special prosecutor（公诉人）Angela Corey announced the charge against him. 可知Zimmerman 在受指控前把自己变成权威。选A
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Japanese professor Yoji Kimura believes laughter is a weapon that in healthy doses（剂量） can end the world’s wars. To measure it, the expert on communications has invented a machine to chart out laughter—and a new unit of “aH” to calculate it.
“We have found that children laugh more freely, releasing（释放）10 aH per second, which is about twice as much as an adult,” Kimura, a professor at Kansai University in the western city of Osaka, told reporters. “Adults tend to calculate whether it’s appropriate to laugh and under those restraints（克制） they eventually forget how,” he said.
“Laughing is like a restart function on a computer. Laughing freely is very important in the course of human development,” he said.
Kimura, who believes in “a change from a century of wars to a century of humor and tolerance,” has studied the science of laughter for decades in Osaka. In his theory, human laughter is produced in four emotional stages. “I believe there is a circuit（回路） in the human brain that creates laughter,” Kimura said confidently.
To measure laughter, he attaches sensors on the skin of a tested people’s stomach, particularly the diaphragm（横膈膜）, and detects muscle movements. “I have a theory that humor detected in the brain gets directly released through the movement of diaphragm,” he said. By checking the movement of the diaphragm and other parts of the body, it will be possible to see if a person is only pretending to laugh while also telling different types of laughter, Kimura said.
Kimura wants to make the measuring device as small as a mobile phone and possibly market it as a health and amusement device. Kimura said he planned to present his findings this summer to the US-based International Society for Humor Studies, adding that he looked forward to looking at differences in laughter internationally

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, Professor Yoji Kimura _____

    1. A.
      thinks banning weapon can end wars in the world
    2. B.
      has put his machine calculating laughter into market
    3. C.
      has been studying laughing for many years
    4. D.
      is an expert in people’s health problem
  2. 2.

    Why do adults laugh less freely?

    1. A.
      Because they are busy with their work
    2. B.
      Because they are affected by some factors
    3. C.
      Because they use computers too often
    4. D.
      Because they don’t think it good to laugh much
  3. 3.

    The measuring device of Yoji Kimura _____

    1. A.
      has functions of a mobile phone
    2. B.
      can make people laugh more
    3. C.
      can recognize different kinds of laughter
    4. D.
      will be popular in the international market soon
  4. 4.

    The passage mainly tells us something about _____

    1. A.
      how to measure laughter
    2. B.
      Yoji Kimura and laughing
    3. C.
      laughing as much as possible
    4. D.
      a device that is made to measure laughter

Among the many differences between Western and Chinese cultures, table manners are one of the most noticeable(显著的) differences. Westerners often make mistakes at the table in China or in a Chinese home. In order not to have an embarrassing（尴尬的） experience, here are some things to consider next time you are eating with some Chinese.
Step1:
Keep in mind that food is shared. It is one of the biggest differences between Chinese and Western eating habits. In China a few dishes are placed in the center of a table and shared by all. Also, you should offer thanks when a Chinese host takes food from one of the dishes on the table and places it on your plate. Refusing it would not be polite even if you are full.
Step2:
Respect the chopsticks. The chopsticks are the single most important tool at a Chinese table. Use the chopsticks to grab food and never skewer (叉) it. Also make sure to place your chopsticks over your bowl or plate. Don’t lay them on the table or even worse, stick them into the rice bowl.
Step3:
Use communal(共用的)chopsticks. To take food from the center of the table you should use the communal chopsticks or spoons that are placed there for that purpose. If there are no communal tools, use the other ends of your chopsticks to take food, remembering not to use the other end to put food into your mouth.
Step4:
Respect the elders. Table manners in China place extra respect on elders. At the table, pass food to your elders before taking it for yourself. If someone makes a toast, make sure that when you clink glasses with someone older than you, the rim of your glass is lower than the rim of the elder person

  1. 1.

    How can you use your chopsticks according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Use them to grab your own food
    2. B.
      Put them on the table
    3. C.
      Use them to skewer the food
    4. D.
      Stick them into the rice bowl
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, the following are wrong EXCEPT that ________

    1. A.
      you don’t have to accept the food a Chinese host places on your plate
    2. B.
      a skewer is also a commonly used tool at a Chinese table
    3. C.
      one can offer his own chopsticks for communal use when there aren’t any
    4. D.
      when clinking glasses, the rim of the younger person should be lower than that of the older person
  3. 3.

    What is the purpose of writing the passage?

    1. A.
      To let the world get a full understanding of China
    2. B.
      To introduce table manners among different cultures
    3. C.
      To introduce Chinese table manners to Westerners
    4. D.
      To introduce how Chinese table manners came into being

What is EQ? In the early 1990s, Dr. John Mayer, Ph.D., and Dr. Peter Salovey, Ph.D., introduced the term “emotional intelligence” in the Journal of Personality Assessment. They used this term to describe a person’s ability to understand his or her own emotions and the emotions of others and to act properly based on this understanding. Then in 1995, psychologist Daniel Goleman popularized this term with his book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.
EQ gives you a competitive advantage. Even at Bell Labs, where everyone is smart, studies find that the most respected and productive engineers are those with the special qualities of emotional intelligence quotient — it’s not necessary for them to have the highest IQ. Having a high IQ may make you an excellent expert or a legal scholar, but a highly developed emotional intelligence quotient will make you a candidate （候选人）for a leader or a brilliant lawyer. EQ can make it more likely that your marriage will be successful. Lack of EQ shows why people with high IQ can be such bad pilots of their personal lives.
The study shows that these men with high IQ also lack these emotional abilities: suffering from being criticized and misunderstood, shy and uncomfortable, emotionally stimulated（激励）. Compared with those men with high IQ, these men (with high EQ) are calm and friendly, who are loyal to people and careers, have lots of sympathy with and care for others, with a rich but suitable emotional life  — they’re comfortable with themselves, others, and the human society they live in.
Is your intelligence the greatest predictor of what you’ll achieve in life? We have believed that IQ is the best measure of human potential for so many years. In the past 10 years, however, researchers have found that isn’t necessarily the case---that in fact, your EQ might be a greater predictor of success.
High IQ may help you the father of science fiction, but it won’t make you a respected person. High EQ can help you more

  1. 1.

    What can we learn from the second paragraph?

    1. A.
      In daily life and work, EQ is more important than IQ
    2. B.
      High IQ will have a bad effect on people’s lives
    3. C.
      It’s not necessary for people to have a high IQ
    4. D.
      You’d better develop your intelligence well in order to be a leader
  2. 2.

    The underlined sentence “this isn’t necessarily the case” in Paragraph 4 means here that______.

    1. A.
      your IQ is a greater predictor of success
    2. B.
      success is dependent on your IQ
    3. C.
      your EQ can predict your success better
    4. D.
      human potential is up to your IQ
  3. 3.

    From the text, it can be inferred that______.

    1. A.
      high IQ can help you work better and succeed more easily
    2. B.
      high EQ must make you succeed
    3. C.
      all the bosses have a higher EQ than their employees
    4. D.
      those with high IQ are hot valued
  4. 4.

    The text is written mainly to advise______.

    1. A.
      people should only pay attention to their EQ
    2. B.
      people should develop their EQ as well as their IQ
    3. C.
      those who want to act as leaders should develop their EQ
    4. D.
      people should not develop their IQ too much

Dave Bruno works as an online marketing manager. Several years ago, one weekend Bruno and his family did a major house cleanup and then donated several bags of unneeded items to the local Goodwill store. “After all were done, I looked around and realized that I still had too much stuff”, says Bruno, “It occurred to me that maybe I wanted to lead a simple life but in reality I behaved differently.” That realization prompted the 39-year-old father of three to try an experiment, “The 100Thing Challenge”.
With the goal of breaking free of what he calls a “bad habit of consumerism（消费主义）, Bruno was determined to live for one year with just 100 personal items. He cut down his possessions to 94 items, including a Bible, laptop, guitar, wedding ring, car and clothes. He created some guidelines for the experiment since his wife and daughters did not participate, familyshared and household items did not count as personal items. He also grouped together some basic things such as underwear and socks. Bruno began blogging about his new lifestyle and eventually wrote a book, The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul.
Since completing the experiment, Bruno has continued to live by the motto: reduce, refuse, and rearrange and maintains just 110 personal things. “ Nearly three years of living with a minimal amount of personal possessions, I’m no longer in the habit of consuming for the sake of consumption (消费),” he wrote in his blog last week, “That has freed me up for all sorts of better endeavors (活动) than shopping—like spending time with family and writing a book and planning for business opportunities.”
Bruno’s project has also inspired others to live minimally, many of whom post their own 100 Thing Challenge updates on YouTube. “The reality is that the 100 Thing Challenge is surprisinglyeasy”, says Bruno, “I’m  not saying there were no challenges or disappointments. I miss some things, but not that much. Frankly, it’s far easier to live with less stuff than with excessive trash.”

  1. 1.

    What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 1?

    1. A.
      Bruno regretted to have an easy life
    2. B.
      Bruno had a special behavior in reality,
    3. C.
      Bruno and his family led a happy life
    4. D.
      Bruno would have liked a life with fewer items
  2. 2.

    The things were included in Bruno’s 94 items EXCEPT______.

    1. A.
      socks
    2. B.
      a Bible
    3. C.
      cookers
    4. D.
      a wedding ring
  3. 3.

    What is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Live with 100 Things
    2. B.
      Defeat 100 Challenges in Life
    3. C.
      Survive by Your Motto
    4. D.
      Consume for Consumption’s Sake

The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching. And I’d been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt: “The trouble with you is that you won’t put yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view?” I shook my head stubbornly—and felt the ache in my tooth. I’d thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.
“If you come by right now,” the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in.”
I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?
In the dentist’s office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one.
When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don’t worry. The dentist is very good.”
“How long do I have to wait for him?” I asked impatiently.
“Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork,” the assistant said.
“The artwork?” I was puzzled.
The chair went back. Suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it: on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.
What a relief!

  1. 1.

    Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling that morning?

    1. A.
      Cheerful
    2. B.
      Nervous
    3. C.
      Satisfied
    4. D.
      Upset
  2. 2.

    What made the author begin to doubt about the dentist?

    1. A.
      The dentist’s agreeing to treat her at very short notice
    2. B.
      The dentist’s being as busy as the other dentists
    3. C.
      The surroundings of the dentist’s office
    4. D.
      The laughing assistant of the dentist
  3. 3.

    Why did the author suddenly smile?

    1. A.
      Because the dentist came at last
    2. B.
      Because she saw a picture on the ceiling
    3. C.
      Because she could relax in the chair
    4. D.
      Because the assistant kept comforting her
  4. 4.

    What did the author learn from her experience most probably?

    1. A.
      Strike while the iron is hot
    2. B.
      Have a good word for one’s friend
    3. C.
      Put oneself in other’s shoes
    4. D.
      A friend in need is a friend indeed

Burn rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate was $ 75,000 a month. Four months after my company was set up, I had only a quarter of the starting capital left in the bank.
Looking for guidance, I went to talk to my friend, Arthur Walworth about my new venture. “Times of great change always bring out the risk-takers,” he said. “And they leave winners and losers. My grandfather invested a lot of money in a project of Thomas Edison’s that ended up in failure. ”
I was lost in thought at the notion (an idea or belief about something) of a Thomas Edison project ending in failure. Damn. It could happen to anybody! I must continue.
At that time CD-ROM sales had bombed, so investors were fleeing from the field. I didn’t turn away from mine entirely, but instead linked it to the Internet.
My plan was to offer consumers descriptions of home-design products by using a special software and let them modify the designs. Then we can enable them to get online professional and constructional help to have their houses built, decorated and furnished according to their own choice.
To realize my plan I needed investors, so I continued to meet regularly with venture capitalists. One said I had a great idea. But I needed to test it. Get the money somewhere. To get this money from a venture capitalist is going to cost my wife and my children! He turned down my request.
Wife? Children? I hardly remembered them.
I was working nonstop --- struggling to turn the key in the lock, to find the right way ahead. The pressure was terrible. It was just at this time that my parents and sisters stepped up. Two hundred thousand dollars. A lot of money to them, invested in this crazy son and brother without a moment’s hesitation. Dad and Mom had driven out from Chicago and seen the passion in my little office and the trouble at home.
With their help my company survived and has been prospering ever since

  1. 1.

    When the author’s company started operation, he had _______

    1. A.
      $ 450,000
    2. B.
      $ 400,000
    3. C.
      $ 350,000
    4. D.
      $ 300,000
  2. 2.

    Arthur implies that to start a business in times of change, people have to _______

    1. A.
      rely on famous people all be time
    2. B.
      invest as much money as possible
    3. C.
      face the risks of possible failure
    4. D.
      think about nothing but success
  3. 3.

    The author’s company was engaged in _______

    1. A.
      furniture design and production
    2. B.
      online home-design service
    3. C.
      traditional home designing
    4. D.
      home decoration business
  4. 4.

    Faced with a very unfavorable market situation, the author decided  _______

    1. A.
      to improve his service
    2. B.
      to start a new business
    3. C.
      to withdraw his money
    4. D.
      to reduce his investment

Do you want to live another 100 years or more? Some experts say that scientific progress will one day help humans to last tens of years longer than what is now seen as the natural limit（限制）of the human life span（寿命）.
“ I think we are knocking at the door of immortality (永生),” said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. “ I think by 2075 we will see it and that’s a conservative estimate（保守估计）.”
At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said progress in using genes as well as nanotechnology（纳米技术）makes it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. “ There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,” he said. “ Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years.”
However, many scientists who research into aging are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.
Scientists also disagree on what kind of life the super aged might live. “It remains to be seen whether you could be healthy enough to have good quality of life when you pass 120.” said Leonard Poon, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Center. “ At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all.”

  1. 1.

    By saying “ we are knocking at the door immortality”, Michael Zey means______.

    1. A.
      they believe that there is no limit of living
    2. B.
      they are sure to find the truth about long living
    3. C.
      they have got some ideas about long living
    4. D.
      they are able to make people live beyond the present life span
  2. 2.

    Donald Louria’s attitude toward long living is that______.

    1. A.
      people can live from 120 to 180
    2. B.
      it is still doubtful how long humans can live
    3. C.
      the human body is designed to last about 120 years
    4. D.
      it is possible for humans to live longer in the future
  3. 3.

    The underlined “ it” (Para. 4) refers to______.

    1. A.
      a great push
    2. B.
      the idea of living beyond the present life span
    3. C.
      the idea of living from 200 to 300
    4. D.
      the conservative estimate
  4. 4.

    What would be the best title for this text?

    1. A.
      Living longer or not
    2. B.
      Science, technology and long living
    3. C.
      No limit for human life
    4. D.
      Healthy lifestyle and long living

JINTAN, JIANGSU: The 20 students — 18 boys and 2 girls —had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves. They had just climbed their way to the top rung（阶梯）out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest（竞赛）on Tuesday evening. The 20 gold medal winners are all primary and middle school students under the age of 14. ‘Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable!’said a teacher from Guangdong province. Named after China's most famous mathematician, Hua Luogeng, the contest started in 1986,one year after his death. In less than 10 years, it has been recognized by the State Education Commission（国家教委） as the country's biggest and best contest of its kind

  1. 1.

    This news story is mainly about______.

    1. A.
      when the contest started
    2. B.
      how the contest got its name
    3. C.
      the 20 pupils who have won gold medals in the contest
    4. D.
      the 5th National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest
  2. 2.

    This news story most probably appeared in a newspaper in ______.

    1. A.
      1986
    2. B.
      1987
    3. C.
      1995
    4. D.
      1997
  3. 3.

    It can be inferred from the text that the teacher from Guangdong province______.

    1. A.
      felt proud of the gold medal winners
    2. B.
      wondered if the students were honest
    3. C.
      thought that the problems were too difficult for the students
    4. D.
      believed that the twenty winners could go to study at university
  4. 4.

    The underlined phrase ‘figure out’ in the text means______.

    1. A.
      work out
    2. B.
      add up
    3. C.
      guess
    4. D.
      study

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